Cell Phones

[jigginstick]

As of 1-19-2006 telemarketers will be allowed to call cell phones at the owners expense. If you call this number
1-888-382-1222 from the phone you own it will block them for a period of 5 years.

[Lindz]

As of 1-19-2006 telemarketers will be allowed to call cell phones at the owners expense. If you call this number
1-888-382-1222 from the phone you own it will block them for a period of 5 years.

So far anything I see related to this has it as an ongoing hoax 

Anyone 

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=5515&z=3&p=

[adkRoy]

So far anything I see related to this has it as an ongoing hoax 

Anyone 

http://www.wcpo.com/wcpo/localshows/dontwasteyourmoney/137a2d17.html

This is definitely a hoax. If you are that paranoid about telemarketers you can always sign your cell number up to the National Do not call list.

[fishercat]

Yes I heard the same thing on the news. It is a hoax. Just like the scam call this # and your # will not be on a directory.

[cstolp]

As of 1-19-2006 telemarketers will be allowed to call cell phones at the owners expense. If you call this number
1-888-382-1222 from the phone you own it will block them for a period of 5 years.

Where are you getting your info? 
As others have stated this is another version of an ongoing hoax. 
By law telemarketers cannot call your cell phone as you are charged for incomming calls. 
Whenever you get info like this from a friend who got it from a friend .......  Do a google search on the info before you pass it on.

[jigginstick]

I'm not sure it was sent to me from an out of state sister, when you call the number it sounds like its legate

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

[Lindz]

I'm not sure it was sent to me from an out of state sister, when you call the number it sounds like its legate

That is the National Call Registry #.

Web site.

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

[killitandgrillit]

It is a hoax. It's actually already in law that telemarketers cannot call a cellular number.

[Reel Wet Ride]

I don't know what services you have on your cell phones, but my dad's had more than a few tele-marketers call his cell phone. I'm not sure what he has though. I have Nextel and have never had a problem.

[archbishop]

is he getting telemarketer or bill collectors? i had verizon for about 7 years and just switched to sprint last year and have never had a problem with either, except darn bill collectors

[BlindSquirrel]

From the Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/04/dnc.htm

[the Wizard]

I heard a interesting thing on the radio today,    108 years ago there was telephones and there was a war      [spanish /american they said] so a us official [ president /gov. someone] put a 3% tax on the phone bill of everyone who had a phone, the war lasted 4 months.   The tax is still there , no one knows what it does or where it goes but we still pay it, it was mentioned that if we go to mywireless.org we can ask for all of it back for the last 3 years and receive it.   I didn't try it yet but was wondering if any one else heard this as well?

[archbishop]

I heard a interesting thing on the radio today,    108 years ago there was telephones and there was a war      [spanish /american they said] so a us official [ president /gov. someone] put a 3% tax on the phone bill of everyone who had a phone, the war lasted 4 months.   The tax is still there , no one knows what it does or where it goes but we still pay it, it was mentioned that if we go to mywireless.org we can ask for all of it back for the last 3 years and receive it.   I didn't try it yet but was wondering if any one else heard this as well?

scott have you had your phone up to your head for a long peiod of time?
if thats true and someone knows, post a thread. that could be alot of money

[the Wizard]

They were talking about it on a rochester radio station today.

[Ray4852]

 If you don’t have the recipes for 3 yrs you wont get nothing back. How much money do you think you guys will get back? 36 dollars if you’re lucky lol. Your big companies will benefit from this not the little guy, why after 100 yrs somebody decides to bring this up to the people. Somebody on a radio show doesn’t have anything better to talk about.

[tommyboy]

Here is some infor on the tax rebate:  http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/2006/PR08.NYC%20IRS%20Cell%20Phone.011506.html

It seems as though ol' Chuck is good for something after all.  Now, if only he would stop robbing us blind in other ways, we wouldn't need to worry about a lousy $50 rebate.

[archbishop]

lets see, me and my brother are on a family plan, out monthly usage is about 3,000 minutes, 2,000 are his, plus all the perks, internet, text, downloads, camera, etc... our monthly bill is around $400 so 12 months times $400 is $4,800 a year for the past 3 years is $14,400 at 3% rebate is $432. all biulling and payments are done online so all recipt of payments are saved. not bad. thats one heck of a night out on the town

[Ray4852]

Arch my wife and I plus my two daughters have a family plan together for only 110 per month. Every one of us have our own phone and we have long distance any ware in the country. That’s a lot of money you guys are paying out for a monthly phone bill. I think you and I need to get together and have a long talk.

[archbishop]

no, my brother manages a catering company that does all the food prep for movie sets so he travels all over the US and uses his phone for his lively hood, has to check mail and stuff constantly. one of the owners, jim used to play pro ball.

http://www.hannabrothers.com/